Posts Tagged ‘prediction’
Study: 46.7 million Americans have Alzheimer’s Disease brain pathology today, so it’s urgent to prevent or at least delay progression to clinical disease
New forecast shows 6 million with Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive impairment; The numbers will more than double to 15 million by 2060 (NIH news): “Using new methodology, scientists calculate that approximately 6 million American adults have Alzheimer’s disease or mild cognitive impairment, which can sometimes be a precursor to the disease. The estimate, funded by the National…
Read MoreHow cognitive illusions blind us to reason
Fun article by Daniel Kahneman based on his new book,Thinking, Fast and Slow. How cognitive illusions blind us to reason (The Guardian): Why do Wall Street traders have such faith in their powers of prediction, when their success is largely down to chance? Daniel Kahneman explains. — “Looking back, the most striking part of the…
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